Famous Graduation Sayings Quotes and Quotations

Huge Collection of Famous Graduation Sayings Quotes and Quotations

Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.
-- Richard Halliburton --

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
-- Louisa May Alcott --

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these
-- Susan B. Anthony ----

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
-- Russell Green ---

The elective system ... offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression that they had nibbled at dozens of canapés of knowledge and never had their fill."
-- Ted Morgan ---

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match,
each one of you is a fuse
-- Ed Koch ---

The modern school without systematic lectures turns out many graduates who lack retention. No sooner has the sound of the word left their teacher's lips, the subject has been forgotten. . .
- Racial Integrity 1913
-- Arthur Schomburg ----

The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.


The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
-- Doug Larson ---

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
-- Sydney Harris ----

The young graduate is discovering that among the necessaries of life, the most important is living
-- Unknown ---

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning
-- Orrin Hatch --

There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you - just reach deep into yourself!
-- Unknown --

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
-- A. A. Milne --

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
-- William Lyon Phelps---

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
-- Tom Brokaw ----

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.
-- Gary Bolding --

Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.
-- Unknown --